The citizenry of the Empire is largely human, but not entirely. There are enclaves of small folk, mostly in the borderlands, as their one unifying tendency is a preference to live among their own. …

A tome of terrifying monsters, a book of epic adventures, and a new setting full of uncountable wonders.

DC Success Thresholds (5e/Shadowdark/etc): Many scenarios up the pressure by specifying something like, “The ritual can be ended with three successful DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) checks made within…

It was OSE Month over at Backerkit and the theme was demons. Demons have a weird history in D&D. BECMI excluded them almost entirely, with only some odd creatures slipping through the barrier b…

Continuing with the prompts from d4 Caltrops’s d100 Table of Topics to Blog About, ever onward into the blog mines. 27 – How difficult is it to be brought back from the Dead? Is such a thing …

Continuing with the prompts from d4 Caltrops’s d100 Table of Topics to Blog About, today I’m going to start going through some of the rules-oriented ones as they pertain to my Iron Fist of the Hobg…

Continuing with the prompts from d4 Caltrops’s d100 Table of Topics to Blog About, I’m going to knock out some more short ones again. 11 – Describe a Near Death Situation or TPK that you&#821…

Continuing with the prompts from d4 Caltrops’s d100 Table of Topics to Blog About, today’s is, 03 – Are there Secret Societies or Factions hiding in your World? Tell me about one! I’m going t…

Continuing with the prompts from d4 Caltrops’s d100 Table of Topics to Blog About, today’s is, 02 – Are Spellcasters Rare? Common? How do “Normal” People feel about them? I’m goin…

The Grim Hunt begins with the characters acting as mercenaries and freelance adventurers participating in missions to stop monsters from destroying parts of the world of Etharis. Based on their early ...

I had a busy winter writing-wise and now my blog is full of bugs. I currently find myself between freelance projects, so it’s time to sweep the place out and keep the words coming. I also have to r…

There’s a contest on DndBeyond promoting the new Stranger Things box set, “What’s in the Bag of Holding? A Welcome to the Hellfire Club Homebrew Item Contest.” The gist is, make a thematic magic it…

I’m late to the party for the Appendix N blogwagon, but that’s fine. A fair criticism can be levied at modern Dungeons & Dragons that it has become self-referential. It no longer pulls from myt…

I spent most of September writing a forty room, heavily interconnected dungeon for a freelance project. That was a good time and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. When I say heavily intercon…

I didn’t get much painting done during that stretch of writing I did this spring, but I did get some done beforehand, and I’ve been trying to get more done since. A grumpy cleric from EC3D This guy…

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